Love letters are not allowed in the exorcism notebook!-Chapter 417 - 215: There’s No Way I Could Lose This Game

"This is an outright conspiracy!"

Meanwhile, not far from the hospital in a tavern, an ordinary-looking person swirled the glass of wine in his hand, a confident smile on his face.

"The greatest flaw of the People of Ming is their hypocrisy," he said. "The moral constraints imposed by the ancient Sages will ultimately become the shackles that limit their actions. And morality can never bind true human nature. From the moment God’s Blood was revealed to the world, the gears of fate began to turn, driven by human nature toward the path destined for it, with no force able to stop it..."

"So why didn’t you use this trump card right from the start?"

Facing the guest’s challenge, the ordinary-looking person shook his head with restraint, "It was because the time was not right."

"Isn’t it because this move harms others without benefiting oneself? Exposing the existence of God’s Blood to the world would indeed attract those who yearn for eternal life, but it also means you can’t monopolize the benefits. If you hadn’t been pushed to the wall, you wouldn’t have taken such a desperate step, right?"

The smile disappeared from the ordinary-looking person’s face as he frowned at the guest he had invited this time.

"Miss Raffey, it seems you hold some biases against us."

"It’s not about bias, Mr. Florence. The Starlight Sanctuary only focuses on significant historical junctures, and today is not as important as you might think."

The short-haired woman in a suit across the table swirled the ice in her glass, looking somewhat bored.

"Hiding in a small tavern and secretly fantasizing about a bright future is not a conspiracy, Mr. Florence. Seeing fragments of future information does not mean you control destiny. If you want the support of the Starlight Sanctuary, you need to demonstrate your true value."

"Buying me a drink and watching a play, that’s not value. Although I don’t want to say this, now is not the time when you can attract angel investors just by making PowerPoint presentations."

The ordinary-looking person felt humiliated and immediately grew angry.

"What is PowerPoint?"

"In the terms of this era, it refers to the pie in the sky that you draw to stave off hunger."

"Do you not see the value of God’s Blood?"

"I see it, but that’s the value of God’s Blood, not your value."

The woman named Raffey pointed a finger at the ordinary-looking person and said softly, "Since you bought me this glass of wine, I’ll remind you that there is no such thing as destiny in this world, nor is there a sole protagonist. Destiny is the result of everyone’s combined efforts and mutual influence."

"You still don’t understand the essence of this ancient empire; they indeed don’t emphasize individual heroism, but that doesn’t mean they lack heroes. It’s precisely because there are so many outstanding people that individual abilities are less conspicuous... Of course, I also know it’s a waste of time to discuss this with someone as ancient as you."

"So let’s make things clearer. I know why you’re seeking a partnership with the Starlight Sanctuary. Cooperation is fine, as long as you show some sincerity. Now that Lilith has been born, where are Moses and Jesus of the future? Just give me one of them, and I can show you a clear path."

"Moses? Jesus?"

The ordinary-looking person said angrily, "Your appetite is rather large!"

"Business is all about mutual consent. I’m certainly not the one in a hurry," Raffey retorted with a shrug and a smile. "Since you’re so confident in your conspiracy, I’ll stay and watch this farce until the end."

...

When Li Mumu was embraced from behind, she indeed considered whether to reveal her True Body of Dharma Image and quell the situation with violence.

But after much thought, she ultimately decided to give up.

It didn’t matter what she did to herself, but with so many ordinary people around, once she used the True Body of Dharma Image, it was hard to say whether it would cause collective pollution.

Pollution isn’t something you can control just because you want to, and it’s not easy to clean up either.

It’s like eating durian; you might be enjoying it, but it ends up filling the entire hallway with the smell of durian, and even opening windows to airing it out is useless.

Echo Erosion can be cleared, like ripples on the surface of water that calm after a disturbance, or get wiped away by stronger interferences, like the sun or sound.

Knowledge Contamination is different.

One is a short video that sweeps by in three seconds, the other is a massive game that takes up tens of GBs of hard disk space.

Li Mumu’s cultivation of Divine Arts all came from the Holy Mother of Red Lotus, the lineage of the Guiding Bodhisattva, which is a complete knowledge system.

In that moment of her indecision, Wang Yunxiao had already snatched up a metal railing and thrown it over.

The metal railing, like a javelin, made a whistling sound as it cleaved through the air.

Wang Yunxiao was skilled, that much Li Mumu knew. The time she was offline under her primary personality, when she was lured away by Mr. Tong, he had led his brothers in a chase down a whole street, not even scared when he saw the other side holding guns.

To put it nicely, you could say he had guts; to put it not so nicely... you’re a bit reckless, bro!

Are you trying to kill me!

As she saw the metal railing flying towards her, Li Mumu’s heart leaped into her throat – the damn thing was thrown straight at her head!

She instinctively shrank her neck back, and the railing whizzed past her scalp with a clang and hit the face of the man holding her hostage right behind her.

The man went down without a sound, and gunshots followed.

I should never have meddled in this business!

After freeing herself from the man’s grip, Li Mumu didn’t hesitate to drop to the ground. Bullets flew chaotically over her head and she had no idea what the two nuns were aiming at while they fired.

Gunshots also started coming from behind her immediately after.

The corridor had already been filled with onlookers curious about the commotion, and they lacked any awareness of danger. As crossfire ensued, stray bullets flew in all directions, and people were hit and fell to the ground, never to get up. Others either screamed with their heads in their hands or ran in all directions – the scene was absolute chaos.

Li Mumu curled up into a ball, hugging her head, and in the turmoil, she got stepped on several times, which made her so angry she felt like yelling at them.

Why the hell are you running! The more you run, the faster you die. You’ve got no experience dodging bullets at all, I really should send you all off to Saifu’s streets for a proper study-abroad experience.

People of Ming’s attribute panels lack a bullet-resistance trait that Federal People have, which really is a disadvantage.

Gunshots weren’t slow, and after just a few seconds of fierce firing, there was a brief pause in the action. Li Mumu heard the sound of magazines being changed. Just as she was about to get up, a hand suddenly reached out from the side and pulled her out from the pile of people.

Li Mumu raised her claw, almost grabbing it, then she looked up and saw it was Wang Yunxiao.

Wang Yunxiao scooped her into his arms and rolled on the spot, crashing into the door of a nearby ward.